Need For Speed SE - I've got major problems

I just picked up NFS SE, and I can't get *either* the Win95 nor the DOS version to work. I have a P133, SCSI disk & CD-ROM, Soundblaster16, Stealth64 VRAM w2MB RAM, and a Thrustmaster T2 wheel & pedals. The DOS version installed Ok, and went through the joystick configuration Ok, but the gas and brakes don't work right. I can only go about twenty miles per hour. And even then, thr car/graphics is bouncing up and down like I'm driving cross-country. Something is seriously screwed up here. BTW, the original NFS works fine on this same hardware. So I installed the WIn95 version, but Win95 can't find my Thrustmaster (nor any other joystick) when I try to configure it with Add Hardware. And there are no joystick selections in the manual add hardware selection screen. Help! Joe

> The DOS version installed Ok, and went through the joystick > configuration Ok, but the gas and brakes don't work right. I can only > go about twenty miles per hour. And even then, thr car/graphics is > bouncing up and down like I'm driving cross-country. Something is > seriously screwed up here. BTW, the original NFS works fine on this > same hardware. I had the same problem at first. There is a file on the CD called JCU.EXE. It allows you to select pre-set calibrations for many joysticks, including the T2. Mark

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>> The DOS version installed Ok, and went through the joystick >> configuration Ok, but the gas and brakes don't work right. I can only >> go about twenty miles per hour. And even then, thr car/graphics is >> bouncing up and down like I'm driving cross-country. Something is >> seriously screwed up here. BTW, the original NFS works fine on this >> same hardware. >I had the same problem at first. There is a file on the CD called JCU.EXE. >It allows you to select pre-set calibrations for many joysticks, including >the T2. >Mark

Do you know if it supports CH Virtual Pilot Pro & Pro Pedals? The first version couldn't handle more than one joystick (needed for the CH setup). Mark. ----------------------------------------------------------- Mark Eden, Cheshire, UK. -----------------------------------------------------------

> Do you know if it supports CH Virtual Pilot Pro & Pro Pedals? The > first version couldn't handle more than one joystick (needed for the > CH setup). JCU does have a selection for the CH Virtual Pilot Pro & pedals, but as far as I can see it still only supports one joystick. I still need to use the adapter that came with my T2. Mark

I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent problems people are having with Need for Speed SE. Please read the manual, folks. ALL of these problems are addressed in the excellent quick reference manual. I have had no problems with NFSSE. It runs like a charm on my Cyrix 150+, #9 771, with 16 megs with everything turned on. The music is great and has many diffirent selections to choose from. The graphics and physics are excellent. The sounds is awesome (listen for the dripping water when you are going through the mine shaft) This is definitly the slickest, most well put together, FUN game I have played for awhile. Everyone around here is ***ed to it. Doing cookies in a Dodge Viper or catching some air in a Diablo VT is worth 50 bucks anyday! :) Who else thinks the videos for the Diablo and the Viper rock? I didn't think much of DirectX, until I played this. The graphics are definitely up there in playstation range, and I don't have a 3D card. My two cents. -Brent

: >I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent : >problems people are having with Need for Speed SE. Please read : >the manual, folks. ALL of these problems are addressed in the : >excellent quick reference manual. : Um, we actually do read manuals. You're one of the lucky ones who : have no problem with NFSSE but don't expect the other people to have : the same PC as you do. Hmm, I read the manual and have no problems either. Maybe there IS something to reading? Yea, that's the ticket.

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>>: >I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent >>: >problems people are having with Need for Speed SE. Please read >>: >the manual, folks. ALL of these problems are addressed in the >>: >excellent quick reference manual. >>: Um, we actually do read manuals. You're one of the lucky ones who >>: have no problem with NFSSE but don't expect the other people to have >>: the same PC as you do. >>Hmm, I read the manual and have no problems either. Maybe there IS >>something to reading? Yea, that's the ticket. >Yep there is. But unfortunately, it didn't help me. >--KCI

My manual says nothing about what to do if the VIDEO test isn't offered during the install or what to do when the modem won't connect. EA took a perfectly good and functional game and screwed it up and called the the Special Edition.

: : >I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent : : >problems people are having with Need for Speed SE. Please read : : >the manual, folks. ALL of these problems are addressed in the : : >excellent quick reference manual. : : Um, we actually do read manuals. You're one of the lucky ones who : : have no problem with NFSSE but don't expect the other people to have : : the same PC as you do. : Hmm, I read the manual and have no problems either. Maybe there IS : something to reading? Yea, that's the ticket. Well, I DIDN'T read the manual and it works fine on my notebook !! ( Hey I gotta have something good to do when I travel !!! ) Happy driving

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> : >I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent > : >problems people are having with Need for Speed SE. Please read > : >the manual, folks. ALL of these problems are addressed in the > : >excellent quick reference manual. > : Um, we actually do read manuals. You're one of the lucky ones who > : have no problem with NFSSE but don't expect the other people to have > : the same PC as you do. > Hmm, I read the manual and have no problems either. Maybe there IS > something to reading? Yea, that's the ticket.

I read the manual, and have a setup that permits me to run NFS, Duke Nukem, Doom, Doom II, and so on and so on--there are no DOS programs I can't run under my various custom Win95 settings. When attempting to install NFS-SE under DOS 7, I get 4 lines of the DOS/4GW message, the screen goes blank, and my computer locks up enough to require a cold boot. You people out there having problems running NFS-SE are lucky, I can't even get the installation program to run!!! Since there is nothing wrong with my setup, I can only assume that it is a unique manufacturing error in my CD. Unfortunately, EA decided to wait until July 3 to mail my copy (though it was ordered the previous week), so the holiday weekend slow down screwed timely delivery. Now, they have failed to respond to my request for assistance or a replacement in a timely fashion--all necessitated because I had to order through them to get the ***y upgrade at a still inflated price. Of course, as the discussion here as noted, the only other alternative for NFS owners is to pay full price--not likely for a couple of minor upgrades. If I was able to buy NFS II, which is what should have been released by now, I could have bought it at my local software outlet, and returned it and be using a functional copy by now. Anyone else experience this utter lack of functionality? -- ************************************************************************* Marc Collins Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip "Dilbert," in his new business book "The Dilbert Principle"-- "These days it seems like any idiot with a laptop computer can churn out a business book and make a few bucks. That's certainly what I'm hoping." *************************************************************************